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Course Outline

  1. Introduction to Requirements Management 
    • Defining Requirements Management 
    • Key Activities within Requirements Management 
    • Purpose and Advantages of Requirements Management 
    • Requirements Management Planning 
    • Applicable Industry Standards 
  2. The Requirements Information Model
    • Core Concepts 
    • Methods of Representation 
    • Developing a Requirements Information Model 
  3. Attribute Assignment and Perspectives on Requirements 
    • Purpose of Assigning Attributes 
    • Application of Attribute Schemes 
    • Designing Attribute Schemas 
    • Managing Changes to Attribute Schemas 
    • Purpose and Varieties of Views 
    • Defining Views and Associated Risks 
    • Optimizing Attribute Usage and View Creation 
  4. Assessment and Prioritization of Requirements 
    • Foundational Principles of Assessment 
    • Prioritizing Requirements 
    • Ad-Hoc Prioritization Methods 
    • Two-Criterion Classification 
    • The 100-Dollar Method 
    • Analytical Prioritization Methods
    • Integrating Different Prioritization Methods
  5. Versioning and Change Control 
    • Versioning Requirements 
      • Version Control for Requirements and Associated Documents
      • Requirements Configuration
      • Establishing Requirements Baselines 
      • Branching Requirements 
    • Change Management for Requirements 
      • Drivers, Origins, and Timing of Requirement Changes 
      • Categories of Requirement Modifications 
      • Analyzing and Documenting Requirement Stability 
    • The Change Management Workflow
  6. Requirements Traceability 
    • Rationale for Requirements Traceability 
      • Interpreting Requirements Traceability 
      • The Importance of Tracing Requirements and Artifacts 
    • Variety of Traceability Perspectives
    • Types of Relationships in Traceability
    • Representation Formats for Traceability Relationships
      • Implicit vs. Explicit Traceability Documentation 
      • Bidirectional vs. Unidirectional Traceability Relationships 
      • Formats for Presenting Traceability Relationships 
    • Developing a Project-Specific Traceability Strategy 
    • Creating and Leveraging Specific Traceability Models 
      • Process for Defining a Specific Traceability Model 
      • Utilizing Specific Traceability Models 
    • Metrics for Assessing Implemented Traceability 
    • Challenges in Tracing Non-Textual Artifacts 
  7. Variant Management for Requirements 
    • Application of Requirement Variants 
    • Explicit Documentation and Evaluation of Variants 
    • Feature Modeling 
  8. Reporting in Requirements Management 
    • Purpose and Advantages of Reporting in Requirements Management 
    • Implementing a Reporting System in RM 
      • System Interfaces 
      • Report Content Structure 
      • Best Practices for Developing and Using Reports
      •  Defining the Report Creation Process
    • Key Metrics in Requirements Engineering 
      • Key Metrics in Requirements Management 
      • Deriving Metrics via the Goal-Question-Metric Approach 
    • Risks and Issues Associated with Reporting 
  9. Managing Requirements Engineering Processes
    • Requirements Engineering as a Structured Process 
    • Parameters of the Requirements Engineering Process 
    • Documenting the Requirements Engineering Process
    • Monitoring and Controlling the Requirements Engineering Process 
    • Continuous Improvement in the Requirements Engineering Process
  10. Requirements Management in Agile Environments 
    • Contextual Background 
    • Managing Requirements within Agile Projects 
    • Aligning RM Activities with Scrum Practices 
  11. Utilizing Tools in Requirements Management 
    • The Role of Tools in Requirements Management 
    • Standard Procedure for Tool Selection 
    • Data Interoperability Between Requirements Management Tools 

Requirements

  • Fundamental knowledge of requirements engineering
  • To sit for the certification exam, candidates must hold either the “IREB Certified Professional in Requirements Engineering – Foundation Level” certificate or the “Requirements Engineering” certificate issued by the British Computer Society (BCS).
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